Kind Competence is the Principle of Economics

By Rolfe Ericson

In spite of its prominence, the natural economic phenomenon has not been publicly acknowledged. We still live with an ancient paradigm egocentrically projected on disenfranchised populations. They, we, need to be rescued. Pioneers of the next century will find that task possible, even enjoyable, when they pass through this book, receive their tools and watch the world change around them. Thank you, in advance to those who make that pilgrimage.

It is medieval thought patterns that compel us to use economically toxic bureaucratic business structures that don't support civilized behavior. The advent of scientific innovation has now provided us with a "carrot and a stick."

The "carrot" is the peace, love and joy that authentic true economics will provide us. The "stick" is that if we fail to act our own technology will destroy the habitability of Earth and further degrade our humanity, making our existence a tragic expenditure of our predecessors' legacy. That leaves nothing for our children. We have a clear choice. Change our tragic circumstances, or remain a horrible statistic on the dark side of history.

What is a new paradigm in economics, has been mainstream among philosophical and religious thinkers for centuries. The next step is to focus our resources on the service to, and the protection of each other. Restricting access to resources for the purpose of inequitable reward will go away, as will war, hunger, and slavery. They will be replaced by respect, knowledge, love, peace, and joy, that will expand across the ages.

This book contains tools that will simplify the implementation of the new paradigm. The tools are fun to use, and they are effective. These are practical tools that you can use and share. They will enable you to confidently and proudly proceed.

If you dare read the book, you will emerge on the other side with a clear vision of the direction we must travel to escape the cyclonic downward spiral that is the path of history. We are pioneers traveling away from the historical stench of rotting bodies toward the sweet smell of paradise.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Rolfe Ericson
• Release date: Dec 13, 2012
• ISBN: 9781301224845

Rolfe Ericson

Rolfe Ericson has six decades of work and business experience in the United States, Central America, and Canada. He was a public school teacher and technology coordinator for twenty-six years. Rolfe Ericson has six decades of work and business experience in the United States, Central America, and Canada. He was a public school teacher and technology coordinator for twenty-six years. Rolfe is an experienced writer He is currently publishing mainly on two websites HTTP:// Buildaclearbiz.com and HTTP://Clearbiz.org. He has written one other book Ignore-ance not ignorance. Rolfe is currently a director of a new start-up not for profit corporation, Clearbiz Inc. The mission of this organization is to identify and repair the bureaucratic inefficiencies that exist in the United States and around the world. "Kind Competence," targets the source of those inefficiencies, and the strategy that must be used to repair them.

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Kind Competence

Is The

Principle Of Economics

Rolfe

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Kind Competence

Is the Principle of Economics

Copyright © 2012 By Rolfe Ericson

Published at Smashwords

All rights reserved.

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Dedication

Thanks to my family for their assistance, support and patience during this project. Thanks to my friends and family and friends who tolerated me as they heard more about this subject than they really wanted to hear.

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1  Why  Reasons for this book

Chapter 2  Economic Ascension  Raising the value of humanity

Chapter 3  Economic Sphere  Define our economic domain

Chapter 4 Academic Economics  Unrealistic study

Chapter 5  What is Economics  Naturally occurring economics

Chapter 6  Hemieconomics  Two integral economic parts

Chapter 7  The State of Humanity  Chaotic economic fantasy

Chapter 8  Econom  Distribution of wealth

Chapter 9  Economic Witchcraft  Current economic paradigm

Chapter 10  Build a Bright Future  Modernize, study & improve

Chapter 11  Warning Label  The faint of heart - Stop here!

Chapter 12  Kindness  Economically important

Chapter 13  Medically Necessary  Individual & social obligation

Chapter 14  Economic Glue  The economic Bond

Chapter 15  Survival of the Fittest  Environmental requirements

Chapter 16  Antinomic Slime  Economic toxicity

Chapter 17  Competence  Identify tools

Chapter 18  Mission  The economic reason

Chapter 19  Education  Needs and tools

Chapter 20  Free Stuff  Economic costs

Chapter 21  Economic Malfunction  Academia wears blinders

Chapter 22  Clarity vs. Opacity  Environment of trust

Chapter 23  Applying Economics  The two rules

Chapter 24  Monetization  Determining value

Chapter 25  Money  Measurer of fair value

Chapter 26  Vanishing Money  Why & where it goes

Chapter 27  Leadership  Oops, Wrong way

Chapter 28  Habitat for humankind  Economics is environment

Chapter 29  Outcomes  Real & imagined

Chapter 30  Religion and Economics  The battle for turf

Chapter 31  Our Task  The road forward

Chapter 32  Natures Economic Balance  Economics is indestructible

Chapter 33  Prevent Economic Genocide  Caused by antinomic force

Chapter 34  Antinomics  Economic Toxicity

Chapter 35  Bureaucracy  Economic tragedy

Chapter 36  Bureaucratic Rex  Antique Institutions

Chapter 37  Economic Black Hole  Bane of peaceful coexistence

Chapter 38  Flat World Economics  Repeat historical errors

Chapter 39  Cellular governmental Units  Clear cells

Chapter 40  Industrial Complex  Inefficient & unkind

Chapter 41  Free Enterprise  Kills Incentive

Chapter 42  Lead Forward  With mission & clarity

Chapter 43  Economic Math  Opaquely disconnected

Chapter 44  Super Compensation  Evaporates cooperative factor

Chapter 45  Try  Avoid diversion & subversion

Chapter 46  Corporate Indignities  Graft

Chapter 47  Lord Bottomline  Mission is byproduct of profit

Chapter 48  This is a stickup.  Piracy is antinomic.

Chapter 49  Nourish the COWs  Consumers, Owners, Workers

Chapter 50  Economic Tree  Inherited & bequeathed

Chapter 51  Democracy  Can rot economics

Chapter 52  Democratic Economics  Kind competence is required.

Chapter 53  Natural Force  Exists in nature, like gravity

Chapter 54  Poor Tax  Money worth less if poor

Chapter 55  Free Whispers  Free speech of the poor

Chapter 56  Greater Good  Beneficial inclusion

Chapter 57  Citizenship  Economic inclusion

Chapter 58  Economic Structure  Building blocks

Chapter 59  What is money?  Monetization of value

Chapter 60  You inherited money  In addition to genes

Chapter 61  Poverty Farm  Poverty feeds bureaucracy.

Chapter 62  Clear Business Cells  Clearly show COWs activity

Chapter 63  Building Clear Business Cells  Business & Government

Chapter 64  Corporations are Government  Legal extensions of law

Chapter 65  National Photograph  Values drawn by the path of $

Chapter 66  Clear Business  Transparent, simple & targeted

Chapter 67  Economic Benediction  Individuals, mankind, nature

Chapter 68  Clear Economic Policy  Toward kind competence

Chapter 69  Traps  Avoid economic traps

Chapter 70  Quick Review  Review of the book

Chapter 71  Thanks  Your effort is important.

Chapter 72  The Beginning  The start of a new paradigm

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Preface

What follows is a new economic paradigm where economics defines ethics as kind competence. Kind competence is a naturally occurring force in nature that allows us to improve who we are, as individuals, as a society, and as humble caretakers of this magnificent miracle that we have been so graciously allowed to inhabit.

Previously, the economic model was ethically lawless. It used ethics, or the lack thereof, as an instrument to extract profit. The appearance of ethics was used to trick unsuspecting suckers. Ethics was optional, and had no universal definition. The use of this dysfunction has fueled the tragedies of history, and the unnecessary present day tragedies that are unfolding before us.

It is my belief and fondest hope that the carefully chosen words in this book will reveal and dignify the efforts of the unsung heroes of our past, motivate and inspire our present generation, and leave a legacy of peace, pride and joy to those who follow.

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1 Why

Why would I write this book? There is not a financial incentive. This is my second book, and I am still trying to recover my losses from the first. Fame is not the motive. I have always avoided the spotlight, for reasons that will become apparent as you read the book. And, has any book with economics in its title ever become a best seller? I doubt it. When I tell you the reason that I'm writing it, you will think that I consumed a little too much mercury, that I am overmedicated, or that perhaps insanity just runs in my family. I want to assure you that, to my knowledge; none of those statements about my sanity are valid. I believe that I am perfectly sane, but on the other hand, I think that the rest of the world is nuts.

The reason I am writing this book is that I know how to stop war, famine, cruelty, and depression, and create peace, love, and joy. I am not the first one with this knowledge. It isn't rocket science, but it is avoided as if God would strike anyone who divulged it, and transport them straight to hell. I am divulging it here, and I think God is probably okay with it.

The book is about economics, and I am an unlikely author. I couldn't qualify for an Ivy League education on an academic basis, nor could I afford one. My work experience included a lot of hard, dirty, and dangerous manual labor, and I served six years in the Marine Corp reserves, I taught public school for twenty-six years. I have owned several businesses, most prominent of which were a telephone line construction company, a commercial fishing company, and a farm. I currently have a tree stump removal service. This work and business experience all took place in the US, Canada, and Central America. I was not trained to be an economic expert, but I became proficient by observing it for seven decades, from the inside, and I noticed that either economic planners don't understand basic economic reality, or they just choose to ignore it.

This book does not present a picture of the world, from a vantage point that you are accustomed to. It was shot from a location that is off limits, outside of the paradigm that is your security blanket. A quick glance at the picture is dismal and depressing, but upon close examination you will see what I see, unimaginable opportunity for peace, justice, and joy.

As for why I think, the world is nuts, the problems that plagued the world for centuries can be fixed, now. We human beings are not just animals in the food chain. We have the capacity to improve our own environment, if we choose to do so. To make this change, we must observe naturally occurring economic law. Economic law is like gravity. It's just there. Humankind has been ignoring its presence, and paying the terrible price for that ignore-ance. I think repeating the same mistakes that history clearly warned us about is nuts.

The difficulty lies not so much in developing new ideas as in escaping the old ones. - John Maynerd Keynes

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2 Economic Ascension

Economic ascension is about kind competence; hence, the book Kind competence is about economic ascension. Ascension is a term that is usually used to describe moral movement in a positive direction, upward, toward heaven. Economic ascension also refers to movement in a positive moral direction, toward human betterment. For some, religious or ethical values are the moral compass that guides their lives, and they try to conduct their business in an ethical manner, and trust that others will do the same. However, many people don't have that built-in compass, or they may just choose to ignore it, for power, profit, or perverse enjoyment. However, mostly, people are drawn to uneconomic leadership for personal exploitive opportunities, because they feel that the exploitation is trivial, and those whom they are exploiting are less deserving than they are.

Economic ascension is what happens when there is economic balance, and economic balance probably cannot be achieved without clear business structures. What do those clear business structures do? They define and illuminate the business goals and activities in a way that holds everyone immediately accountable for good faith effort.

Without clear business structure, one business prospers by putting others out of business. Workers do more work for less compensation, putting less